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Hey guys, well this is my MK2 Breadvan 1liter "Fox". I saw it on Pistonheads last week, got in touch with the owner. Was happy with what I saw, agreed a price and I bought it  My main car (which I am taking off the road and turning into more of a project than a daily) is a BMW 325 (E36) which as I say currently gets used for daily commuting with the odd spot of drifting in between   Plans are atm to get any bits of welding done underneath and then possibly look at turbo'ing her not too fussed about the visuals of the car as I want to aim it more towards performance. So anyway this brings me to project runabout! I bought it with no Tax or MOT and sitting on a set of spacesavers hehe! From what I've spotted mods are as follows: -1.3 Cam -1.3Carb -K&N Filter -Aftermarket Backbox -MK3 rear bumper -MK2 Golf GTi Big bumper (unfinished) -Light brow -Coupe S interior -Gloss black painted roof -Lowered   haven't had chance to get any better pictures other than that sorry! So for what I paid for it, i'm happy. I think i'll be reverting back to the original bumpers and i'll be lending a set of Vento 14" steels to make do for the time being until I get some better rimmage sorted. I'm not planning on doing anything major with the car. The shell seems extremely solid and in good condition which was the main selling point for me. I think i'll be keeping the gloss black roof as I think it's quite a nice little touch on her, may go for a duckbill splitter to compliment the original front bumper when I get one, we'll see how it goes Very first jobs for it are to get other steels on and get the car MOT'd and Tax'd so i'm not stuck for work. Then I can start having a proper mess with it Arrived back from Cornwall now (could have quite happily stayed down there mind!) Reached home about half 5, and after half hour of reaching home, what did I start doing? While down Cornwall with all the surf/skate shops in and around Newquay I just HAD to start buying stickers for the old girl!  Started sticking em on the back windows, still needs more me thinks lol!   Quite happy with that The glass is still dirty on the inside. Still haven't had chance to give the car a clean just yet! Also something i've been wanting to do all week while down in Cornwall, get that front bumper off!  Much better lol! Look how clean it is behind it! One of the things that sold this car for me, how clean the actual bodyshell is! So yer, as you can see, it'd gone dark by this point and having a little mess under the bonnet. Will be doing a bit of work under the bonnet tomorrow and either tomorrow or Friday will have a respectable set of steels on the go! Get shot of the rank space savers lol! |
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'84 Honda Civic 1.3 AH The Daily
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Sept 28, 2009 0:58:46 GMT
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looks a tidy project there, you should keep the space savers and get them banded 6 inches or so for maximum hilarity  |
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Sept 28, 2009 6:46:57 GMT
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I am on record as liking Bready's .
Hope you polish up the front valence to match the rest of the paint.
Couple of nice stickers in your collection.
Especially like the "Alien Workshop"
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Sept 28, 2009 15:58:30 GMT
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Haha thanks dudes! Can't wait to get some proper steelies on at least atm it looks horrid on the space savers lmfao!
I need more stickers too lol!
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Sept 29, 2009 20:41:56 GMT
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Hey guys, well I picked up the bumper tonight  Dunno how common or rare they are but I picked one up that had washer jets in it lol? Wonder if the plumbings already on the car to hook these straight up to or not?? Anyway it's in pretty good condition just looked really badly discoloured and the little plastic splitter bit on the passenger side appears to be missing so i'll take the other side off and keep hold of it in case the opposing side to match it Picked it up from the breakers in Oldbury today called "Volksmagic" pretty cool place actually and all the guys seem decent down there! Got it back home, looking like so...  As I say looking tired and very aged, but other than cosmetic, is in very good condition! Also as you can see came with the complete indicators which I also needed! bananasmile.gif Popped out the indicators, took it into the back garden and wiped it down with some panel prep. Then I cracked out the Satin Matt black to try restore it's youth a little! Only got the one coat and took the pic while still a little tacky. I contemplated where the chrome strip goes maybe sticking a red strip in there instead to break up the bumper a little and completement the car colour? What do you guys reckon?  Before that me and my mate managed to sort the broken overflow outlet on the rad and got all the pipework hooked back up as it should! Unfortunately the cars still not running right  while me n him were doing that, my gf Suzie unscrewed my wing mirrors and gave em a quick rub down, I wasn't keen on them being red, so while the satin black was out....  Again took the pic while a little tacky and also cold lol! But you get the jist of em Will hopefully chuck the bumper on tomorrow It's getting there slowly! |
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Sept 30, 2009 8:44:47 GMT
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looks like its got potential!
have a look around and see if you can find a GK inlet + carb, supposed to give a lot higher airflow and the such
also, i'd say have the red stripe on the bumper and try and track down a coupe s gril (quad lamps, red stripe)
did you realise that the new bumper has headlight washers? rare!
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Sept 30, 2009 10:55:58 GMT
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Yer I noticed the headlight washers and had a feeling they were rare, think I'm gonna try get em plumbed in too, should be funny hehe!
As for the grill the guy chucked in 2 quad lamp grills with it but I'm not a fan of the quad lamps to be honest so those grills are up for sale
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Sept 30, 2009 20:40:16 GMT
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Right then guys, another bit of an update! *Touch Wood* it seems as though we have the old girl running!!!!!! B) There was a vacuum hose missing from the idle boost solenoid to the carb. stuck that in place and tried it, it did help the engine although didn't fully fix the problem. Next I took all the spark plugs out and gave them a clean up, all were quite black which was expected but nothing out the ordinary which was a good sign and all dry! Did notice though lead 3 wasn't pushed onto the plug properly so did that. Still though to no real avail.   So with my dad and my new Haynes manual at hand we had a good mess under the bonnet around the carb and my dad noticed how slack the accelerator cable was, like REALLY slack! Adjust up, and it seems she's running sweet as a nut now, absolute winner!!!!!! So with that let it run upto full temp and make sure the fan kicked in, checked to see if hot air was blowing out the heaters in the car too to make sure there were no air traps in the coolant from when we were messing, and all was good! So give the carb a few squirts of carb cleaner and whacked the air filter back on! Looked a little mucky before cleaning but nothing major  So with that I thought i'd get a little celebratory vid of her running was needed lol! Listen to this badboy exhaust roar! It doesn't sound too bad in all fairness, still looks horrid mind! So will be changing it asap!  Also got my mirrors back on too! curse word pic I know but they look soooooo much better than in red!  Getting there slowly! |
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Hey guys well another small update. New front bumpers on  Much much better! It's completely transformed the front end for me thank god!! Also been having a mess around tidying the inside out a little and other little bits n bobs. Wheels have been picked up tonight aswell so will have those on tomorrow! Then she'll be very close to looking respectable as this thing deserves!!! Can't wait! Going to put all four corners up on axle stands tomorrow while changing the wheels over and just give the brakes/hubs etc a quick once over to check for no obvious problems! Roll on tomorrow! BTW While rooting around under the bonnet I spotted this plug near the fuse box, bit of a curse word pic I know but does anybody know what it goes to at all???  Also I had these come with the car, I think there sill covers? Apparently there supposed to be rare but I havent got a clue? Can anybody else shed any light on them?  I'll probably end up selling them I think we'll see That is all for this evening! |
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I'm sure that many people in Sweden would trade their (back in 1990 required by a law that doesn't exist anymore) washer jet-bumpers to non-jet ones. ;D But I understand that they may be rare in the UK.  |
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you'll need the wiring and a twin outlet pump to use the washers iirc,
i wouldn't bother with 'em, more stuff to go wrong.
the plug you've pictured aint used.
sill covers you don't want, had them on my saloon and they
rust out around the fixing points on the sills, major PITA.
some 12 y/o muppet on a polo forum will buy 'em though.
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Lmfao thanks guys!
Yer to be honest I'd probs swap my front bumper for a non-jetted bumper but i'm not fussed for the moment, it's better than the peice of sh*t that was bodged on previously so i'm happy lol!!
Thanks for confirmation on the plug too, was wondering if it was something else messed with and forgot to be refitted lol!
Got a proper set of steels on it tonight from a Golf/Vento, has a minor bit of scrubbing hitting bumps but nothing to be worried about. It rides pretty good other than the steering wondering which without looking just yet I'm assuming is tie rod/rod end etc. so shouldnt be a big issue! Also want to adjust the carb slightly, idling a little too high on choke and only a little too high off choke
Going down the scrappy tomorrow where I know theres a MK2 Polo bready although I don't know exactly whats left on it. Little shopping list I have upto yet:
-Rear Bumper
-Parcel Shelf
-Exhaust Backbox
-Gearknob
think thats it upto yet lol! Also gonna give it a quick clean aswell so not gonna bother updating piccies until i've got it looking a little more respectable lol!
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Heyyyyyyyyyyy. You're back!! Good choice on the bready. I'm going for something economical to get the Scrote off the road too Looks like a giggle so far |
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'Ello mate how's things dude? Yer I sort of float around on here from time to time but having the Bready aswell now will probs hang about a bit more seeing as it's a little more "retro" than the BMW is lol!
How is the scrote anyway bud? Looking fresh in your avatar!
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Right then, managed to grasp half an hour of sunshine from the typically unpredicatble weather so gave it a quick clean. Doesn't come out too bad  (Don't look at the badly painted front wing lol)  (Badge is off and being painted black )  Gonna do a couple of photoshops with that last pic I think for some different colours for the steels Definately needs some rake I think! But thats not too important atm, getting her on the road is the main thing!! Which I really don't think it's gonna need much |
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Is improving nicely, was a bit worried when I first saw it, front bumper and all  but coming along well. How about gold for wheels, works for ferarri ( is that how its spelt) had wondered about this for my red golf. I don't have/cant do p shop but sure others will help out. ;D |
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How is the scrote anyway bud? Looking fresh in your avatar! In need of some serious TLC atm actually. Looking for a runaround so I can get her off the road and properly stripped down as the torque convertor is on its way out and the n/s driveshaft makes a grinding noise under pressure, so it's a good excuse to do the Zetec conversion I've talked about since I got it (once I've found a lockup). |
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Oct 15, 2009 17:35:04 GMT
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Hey guys, well since then as some of you may have seen from my threads worrying about why my car isn't running right etc I seem to slowly be getting there! Car is now Taxed n Mot'd and running alright. I think the carb needs a bit of a tune up to keep it running at it's best though So as of Tuesday i've started using her and to be honest I actually quite enjoy driving it, it's quite a quirky little cruise mobile lol! It's a little nippier than I expected to be fair lol, sounds curse word but hopefully I may have sourced me an original backbox B) On a not so good note the engines making a not so nice sound which i've pinpointed to a dicky water pump, it's got quite a bit of play in it so trying to drive it as little as possible. Picking up a new water pump and cam belt tomorrow and picked up a new alternator belt today, do it all in one go Also got a bit of a leak coming from the fuel pump where it bolts onto the head which i'll also sort at the time So while I was waiting for my gf to arrive home from work anyway I thought i'd have a go at whoring him lol! BTW I have now named him "Otto" lol inspired from the bus driver from the Simpsons (Dunno why but I like it lol)   It's payday next friday so new rear bumper will be sorted and then if I get the original exhaust will get that on too, have a bit of an idea for it which needs me to wait until the original bumpers back on Need to get steels tidied up a bit too! |
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Oct 15, 2009 18:17:29 GMT
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shame you aint closer, i've got a decent back box
lying around from the last one i broke, its no use to
me cos i only wanted the back half of the shell.
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while me n him were doing that, my gf Suzie unscrewed my wing mirrors and gave em a quick rub down, I wasn't keen on them being red, so while the satin black was out....
but coming along well.